Let it begin…
Creation, by Donald Jackson with contributions from Chris Tomlin, from The Saint John’s Bible In the beginning… these are the words that open the story of God’s cosmic activity in the […]
Faking It
By Pastor Paula Burchill When I first became a pastor and was called to pray with people, I felt like a big fake. I thought for sure people could see […]
Kids in Worship
By Pastor Paula Burchill We love having kids in worship at SLC. I say that every time I give the welcome on Sundays. I love that about our church. We […]
A New Page
Over the past four years, our congregation has been walking through the Narrative Lectionary. Okay, wait, what is a “lectionary” and why do I care? A lectionary is a collection […]
Rituals
By Pastor Paula Burchill This weekend I presided at the funeral of a young army veteran with full military honors. The church was packed as Taps was played and the […]
A Challenging Job
By Pastor Paula Burchill I’m exhausted! We just wrapped up a sermon series on the book of Job. It must have been inspired by the Holy Spirit, because studying Job’s […]
Summer Scarcity
By Pastor Paula Burchill I have this problem every summer! Summer has barely begun and already I’m worrying that the time is going by too quickly. That I won’t be […]
Family Camp
By Pastor Paula Burchill Just over a week ago, we had our annual weekend of family camp at Olympic Lutherhaven. We had about 40 attend and it was a low-key […]
Sabbatical Reflections from Germany
After walking on the ground of the Holy Land – the Biblical stage and that of Jesus, I now have come to the stage of the Reformation. It is indeed a […]
Blooming Where You’re Planted
By Pastor Paula Burchill Last Sunday and the next are tough. We are losing four wonderful families—three are moving to new duty stations with the Navy and the fourth is […]
